NRUAV
FLIGHT TEST INSTRUMENTATION
Requirement : To convert the manned CHETAK helicopter into a fully autonomous Rotary UAV with Automatic Vertical Take-off & Landing (AVTOL) capabilities
The project was designed and developed for ADE – Indian Navy.
Scope of work:
Commissioning and integration of instrumentation scheme on 2-ton class helicopter as per airworthiness standard. The requirement is to carryout instrumentation for various parameters and acquire the data, for the characterization of aerodynamic model of a 2-ton class helicopter
Instrumentation for:
Aerodynamics
Dynamics
Loads
Controls, Parameters are commissioned and calibrated
Carried out flight test instrumentation for collection of Base line flight test data.
Preparation of helicopter for flight testing.
Data Acquiring & downloading.
Presentation of data to designers.
Monitoring and modifying Instrumentation as per the flight test requirements
- Flight Test Instrumentation specification
| Sensors used | strain gauges, potentio-meters, accelerometers, gyros and fuel flow sensors |
| Systems used | INS/GPS , Aero probe data and Memsic gyro |
| Output by Encoder | RS323 , RS422 OR RS485 |